Craig A. Blaising

Craig A. Blaising Ph.D., Th.D.
Born	1949 (age 74–75)
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Executive Vice President and Provost of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Spouse	Diane
Children	Emily, Jonathan
Theological work
Era	Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries
Language	English
Tradition or movement	Evangelical
Main interests	Patristic Studies, Eschatology, Dispensationalism
Notable ideas	Progressive Dispensationalism

Craig Alan Blaising (born 1949) is Executive Vice President and Provost of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Blaising earned a Doctor of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, a Master of Theology Dallas Theological Seminary, and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a recognized authority in patristic studies and eschatology and is one of the primary proponents of "progressive dispensationalism."

Prior to serving at Southwestern, Blaising was Joseph Emerson Brown Professor of Christian Theology and associate vice president for doctoral studies at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Before that, he served as professor of systematic theology at Dallas Theological Seminary. In 1978, Blaising was the first faculty member to occupy the Evangelical Bible Chair at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Blaising is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society. He was elected as the organization's national president in 2005 and served as the president of the Southwest Region in 1986-87. He is also a member of the International Association of Patristic Studies, the North American Patristics Society, and the Society of Biblical Literature.

Works

Books

• Blaising, Craig A.; Darrell L. Bock (1992). Dispensationalism, Israel and the Church: The Search for Definition. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. ISBN 0-8010-2243-6.
• Blaising, Craig A.; Darrell L. Bock (1993). Progressive Dispensationalism. Wheaton, IL: Bridgepoint. ISBN 0-8010-2243-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A.; Kenneth L. Gentry; Robert B. Strimple (1999). Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. ISBN 0-310-20143-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig; Carmen S. Hardin, eds. (2008). Psalms 1-50. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Old Testament, vol. 7. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity. ISBN 0-8308-1477-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editormask= ignored (|editor-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A.; Alan Hultberg; Douglas J. Moo (2010). Three Views on the Rapture: Pretribulation, Prewrath, or Postribulation. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. ISBN 0-310-27720-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

Journal articles

• Blaising, Craig A. (1979). "Gethsemane: A Prayer of Faith". Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. 22: 333–43. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (1981). "Chalcedon and Christology: A 1530th Anniversary". Bibliotheca Sacra. 138: 326–37. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (1988). "Developing Dispensationalism, Part 2: Development of Dispensationalism by Contemporary Dispensationalists". Bibliotheca Sacra. 145: 254–80. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (1988). "Developing Dispensationalism: Part 1: Doctrinal Development in Orthodoxy". Bibliotheca Sacra. 145: 133–40. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (1994). "Contemporary Dispensationalism". Southwestern Journal of Theology. 36: 5–13. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (1994). "Changing Patterns in American Dispensational Theology". Wesleyan Theological Journal. 29: 149–64. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (2001). "The Future of Israel as a Theological Question". Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. 44: 435–50. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (2001). "William J. Abraham's Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology: From the Fathers to Feminism". Churchman. 115: 103–09. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (2006). "Faithfulness: A Prescription for Theology". Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. 49: 5–16. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (2010). "The Kingdom that Comes with Jesus: Premillennialism and the Harmony of Scripture". Southern Baptist Journal of Theology. 14: 4–13. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (2010). "Creedal Formulation as Hermeneutical Development: A Re-Examination of the Nicene Creed". Pro Ecclesia. 19: 371–88. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. "New Creation Eschatology and Its Ethical Implications". Perichoresis - The Theological Journal of Emanuel University. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help) - forthcoming

Other contributions

• Blaising, Craig A. (1985). "Malachi". In Walvoord, John F.; Zuck, Roy B. (eds.). Bible Knowledge Commentary. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books. pp. 1573–89. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (1993). "Lewis Sperry Chafer". In Elwell, Walter A. (ed.). Handbook of Evangelical Theologians. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. pp. 83–96. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (1994). "Spiritual Formation in the Early Church". In Gangel, Kenneth O.; Wilhoit, James C. (eds.). The Christian Educators Handbook on Spiritual Formation. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books. ISBN 978-1-5647-6079-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (2001). "Dispensationalism". In Elwell, Walter A. (ed.). Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (2nd ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. pp. 343–45. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (2007). "Faithfulness: A Prescription for Theology". Quo Vadis, Evangelicalism? Perspectives on the Past, Direction for the Future: Presidential Addresses from the First Fifty Years of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. Wheaton, IL: Crossway. pp. 201–16. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (2008). "The Future of Israel as a Theological Question". In Bock, Darrell L.; Glaser, Mitch (eds.). To the Jew First: The Case for Jewish Evangelism in Scripture and History. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel. pp. 102–21. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Blaising, Craig A. (2016). "Biblical Hermeneutics: How Are We to Interpret the Relation Between the Tanak and the New Testament on This Question?". In McDermott, Gerald R. (ed.). The New Christian Zionism: Fresh Perspectives on Israel & the Land. Downers Grove, IL: IVP. pp. 79–105. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

• Dr. Blaising has also contributed various entries in The Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, 2nd ed. (1997) and The Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (1984 and 2001).